1896. 



THE AMERICAN BEE JOURNAL. 



107 



COMPLETE STOCK. 



Good Supplies and Low Prices 

 Our Motto. 



Largest Factory ti°e West 



READ THIS— Mr. Keyes says: The 100 roi'ids of Extra-Tuin Foundation you sent us is 

 superior to anything he ever saw; and I think the same. K. L. Tucker, Wewahitchka, Fla. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections came duly to hand. Indeed, they are very nice. Yes, sir: they 

 are as good as the best. Charles H. Thies. Steeleville. Illinois. 



Leahy Mt'g-. Co.:— I have received the bill of goods. I must saj' they are the choicest lot of 

 Hive-Stuif 1 have ever received from any place. 1 admire the smoothness of your work, and 

 your close selection of lumber. Yours very truly. O. K. Ol.mstead. Orleans. Nebr. 



Dear Sirs:— The Sections arrived in due time, and are all O. K. so far as examined. They 

 are simply perfection. I can't see how you can furnish such goods at such low prices. I hope 

 you may live long and do well. Yours respectfully. Z. S. Weaver. Courtney, Tex. 



Gents;— 1 received the '• Higglnsvllle Smoker "alio. K. It's a dandy; please And enclosed 

 stamps for another. Yours truly. Otto Enders, Oswegathe, N. Y. 



Gentlemen:— 1 have bought Supplies from nearly all the large manufacturers by the car- 

 load, and I must say yours are as good as the best. Indeed. In many lines they are the best. 

 It is a pleasure to handle them, E. T. Flanagan, Belleville, Illinois. 



The above unsolicited testimonials are a fair sample of hundreds we receive. 



Our prices are reasonable and the " Hlgginsville Goods " are the best. 

 Tlie " HIgginsTillc " Goods are for sale by the following parties : 



Chas. H. Thies, Steelvllle, ill. E. T. Flanagan. Belleville, III. 



Henry L. Miller. Topeka. Kans. E. A. Seeley, Bloomer, Arkansas. 



J. W. House & Co.. Mexico, Mo. P. J. Thomas, Fredonla, Kans. 



And by a number of others. 



If you need a Carload of Supplies, or only a Bee-Smoker, write to us. Remember, we are 

 here to serve you, and will. If you give us a chance. A Beaiilil'iil Catalogue Freet 



Address,^ LEAHY MANUFACTURING CO.. HlGGlN^ILLE, Mo. 



49A Jlfentxon t?te Ame-rxcan Bee Journal. 



Tte Is No Doubt 



About the 

 MERIT of 



TlIE KJrVSTOyE 



It cuts both Tvays, does not crush. One clip 

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36E13t Please iiienlion the American Bee Journal. 



Honey-Clovers & Buckwheat 



SEED FOR SALE. 



We have made arrangements so that we 

 can furnish seed of several of the Clovers 

 and Japanese Buckwheat, by freight or ex- 

 press, at the following prices, cash with order: 



10ft .50* 100ft 



Alslke Clover Seed $1.35 $6.25 $12.00 



Sweet Clover Seed 1.25 5.50 10.00 



White Clover Seed 2.40 11. .35 22.00 



Alfalfa Clover Seed 1.20 5.25 10.00 



Crimson Clover Seed 1.00 4.00 7.00 



Jap. Buckwheat Seed 45 1.50 2.20 



Prices subject to market changes. 



The above prices include a good, new two- 

 bushel bag with each order. 



We guarantee all Seed first-class In every re- 

 spect — In fact, THE BEST that can begotten. 

 Your orders are solicited. 



GEORGE W. TOKK & CO., 



CHICAGO, ILLS. 



ONE MAN WITH THE 



UNION ^°''i';^„^-''°'' 



Tan do the work of four 

 mea using hand tools, in 

 Kipping-, Cuttlng'-off, Mi- 

 tring, Rabbeting-, Groov- 

 ing. Gaining. Dadoing, 

 Edglng-up. Jointing Stuff, 

 etc. Full Liueof Foot and 

 Hand Power Machinery, 

 Sold OH Trial. Caialo^ae Free. 

 SENECA FALliS MFG. CO., 

 46 Water St.. SENECA FALLS, N. Y 



lAly Mention the Ameriran Bee Jov/maZ. 



GIVING AWAY HIVES. 



On alt orders received before Feb. loth for 

 $20.00 or over, we will send a " Half-Joint 

 Hive." complete, ready for a swarm. 

 iS~ Seud for '96 Circular. 



I. J. STRINOHAM, 



105 Park Place. NEW YORK. N.T. 



Mention the American Bee JouniaU 



CHEAP SECTIONS ! CHEAP SECTIONS ! 



We have at this Branch among the Stock purchased of Thos. G Newman the following 

 stock of Sectlons-not of our manufacture— which we desire to close out to make room for our 



SuDerior Extra Polished Sections. 



In order to close them out quickly we offer them for the next 60 days, or while they last, at 

 these sperlal prices ; 



White Sections, ifixiii. Cream Sections, 4!ix4!4. 



40,000 115-16) l,000for$1.7o 1 . l,000for$125 



50,000 I'i [ 2,000for 3.00 8.500 1 15-16 V 2,000 for 2.00 



80,000 7-to-ft. ) 5,000 for 7.00 ) 5,000 for 4.50 



With all orders for less than 5.000. add 25 cts. for cartage. 

 These Sections are of Wisconsin manufacture, and when made were doubtless considered 

 as good as the best; but as compared with our Extra Polished Sections they are not up to the 

 standard of to-day, but a decided bargain and should be closed out quickly at these very low 

 prices. If you prefer a sample before ordering we will mall one for 5 cts. to cover postage. 



The A. I. Root Co., 56 5th Ave., Chicago, 111. 



The Langstroth Monnraent Fond. 



Contributors. 



Geo. W. Brodbeck $1.00 



Dr. C. C. Miller 50 



Geo. W. York 50 



MattleC. Godfrey 25 



Total $2.25 



Qetjeral licn)s^ 



A Splendid Showing for 1895. 



My report is 39 colonies in the spring of 

 1895, and l.^iU in the fall; 3,000 pounds of 

 comb honey and 3,000 of extracted. That 

 shows three swarms from each colony, and 

 1.50 pounds of honey per colony, spring 

 count. That beats anything that ever 

 struck this section, although Minnesota is a 

 good State, and probably can furnish its 

 share of bread and butter and honey. 



Osakis, Minn,, Jan. 4. M. S. Snow. 



That Home Market for Honey. 



I believe it of much importance for bee- 

 keepers to create, supply, and keep supplied, 

 a home market. It can be done, as I know 

 by personal experience. I work, besides, 

 under a great disadvantage, being very 

 deaf. However, year by year, I extend my 

 market, so that now I supply 60 or more 

 stores with extracted honey in pint jars. I 

 continue a steady and much interested 

 reader of the American Bee Journal. It 

 and Gleanings, make a powerful team. 



Yours for first-class, ripe honey, sold in 

 one's home market. Alfred Mottaz. 



Utica, 111. 



The Non-Swarming-Bee Question. 



I am not deeply interested in the non- 

 swarmingbee question, save as one of pros- 

 pective importance ; I doubt my ability to 

 throw any light upon it; and I feel that I 

 am not really entitled to the last "say." 

 Moreover, I shouldn't wonder if the readers 

 thought the same, and were nearly ready 

 to see this subject follow the queen-clipping 

 matter, off the stage. Therefore, I will 

 make a few general statements based upon 

 Mr. Lownes' article, on page 808 (1895), and 

 then "abscond." I answer his remarks 

 briefly, as follows; 



Animal will is nothing but an expression 

 thr jugh instinct of the needs of animal na- 

 ture, which is no stronger, grade for grade, 

 higher form compared with higher form, 

 or lower with lower, than plant nature. 

 You change the natural need or bent, and 

 the " will changing'' will take care of itself. 

 The will of an insect to sip honey from a 

 plant, and the will of a plant, as the 

 "Venus' fly-trap," to clasp with its leaves 

 and digest the insect alighting thereon, 

 have a common origin. 



" Bees do not swarm or hens sit for the 

 love of their posterity," but Nature impels 

 them to do so because the author of Nature 

 has regard for their posterity. We cannot 

 "make a cross between the honey-bee and 

 the bumble-bee ;" but it is a fact of zoology, 

 nevertheless, that just as widely different 

 species of birds, mammals, etc., as of plants 

 can be crossed, our control over one equal- 

 ing that over the other. 



No, I did not mean to say, or intimate, 

 that artificial incubation has made hens 

 non-sitters; but only that domestication, 

 as all well know, has made all animals and 

 plants more variable in all characteristics 

 than they were before. For instance, man 

 has bred into pigeons from one common 

 stock anatomical differences that, found in 

 Nature, would make not only different 

 species but different genera. Mr. Lownes 

 could never send me "into the jungle to 

 get Leghorns;" for I would not expect to 

 find any there. The various original 

 species of jungle fowls alone are there by 



